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Where does “-lògija” come from?

-lògija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “-lògija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-logia-logy; the study of
2Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “-lògija”

  • fonologija
  • eklisiologija
  • venerologija
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